Legal News (Commercial & Business)

The Supreme Court recently gave judgment on a third party litigation funding aspect of a case concerning the award of the State’s second mobile phone licence in the mid-1990s to Esat Digifone.

The General Scheme of Data Protection Bill 2017 (the “Bill”) has been published by the Department of Justice. The purpose of the Bill is to give effect to the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) which comes into force on 25 May 2018. The Bill also transposes the Law Enforcement Directive (2016/680) (the “Regulation”) into domestic law.

A recent High Court case has brought about a change in the status quo involving personal insolvency arrangements and separated spouses.

The Supreme Court has delivered a decision in Hickey v McGowan [2017] IESC 6 which has important consequences for business and commercial entities dealing with litigation arising from the acts of their employees.

The Courts have delivered judgment in two important cases which involve the concept of parliamentary privilege. At its most basic, that principle means that in general the Courts do not have a role in – and are not permitted to –scrutinise comments made in the Houses of the Oireachtas.

Trying to make sense of the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union is a fool’s errand.